Making and Influence of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.Robert E. Burns, a World War I veteran coerced into taking part in a petty crime in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to hard labor on a chain gang in 1922. Twice escaping and on the lam for decades, he was aided only by his minister-poet brother, Vincent G. Burns. Their collaborative work, I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! was the basis for Darryl F. Zanuck's and Mervyn Leroy's hard-hitting 1932 film adaptation from Warner Bros. This book traces the making and influence of the film--which launched a string of imitators--and the Burns brothers' efforts to obtain a pardon for Robert, which never came.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2016-10-06
- Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
- Vikt318 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor228
- FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
- ISBN9780786466771